Laredo Independent School District

8:09 pm CDT, Monday, July 30, 2018

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Students at Cigarroa High School, Cigarroa Middle School, Ligarde, Kawas and Dovalina Elementary Schools will enjoy new state-of-the-art facilities thanks to the voters of Laredo ISD who approved a $150 million bond proposition.

According to the Webb County Elections Administration, 1,500 ballots were cast in the special bond election. Sixty-four percent voted in favor and 36 percent against.

The bond program will pay for a new Cigarroa Middle School and renovations to Cigarroa High School. The funds will be used to renovate Ligarde, Kawas, and Dovalina Elementary Schools, construct new vocational and ROTC buildings at Nixon High School; and update Martin High' Science science/multi-purpose building.

To pay off the bond, property taxes in LISD will increase by approximately 14 cents, from $1.3697 per $100 property valuation to $1.5152.

The state of Texas will pay 70 percent and LISD will pay 30 percent of the construction cost.

Also, LISD continues with renovations of campuses and new additions throughout the district. Some of LISD’s current construction projects include Lamar Middle School’s final phase, Veteran’s Field, and the Dr. Cecilia May Moreno Aquatic Center.

Construction of Lamar Middle School’s final phase is currently underway. The new facilities will feature a competition gymnasium with boys/girls dressing rooms, cheerleading practice rooms, concession stands, and a second floor with instructional classrooms, a newly renovated fine arts facility for band, orchestra and choir, new football complex with field turf, track, bleacher, restrooms, concession stands, sports lighting, field house, two tennis courts which will serve the needs of Lamar’s 1,300 students, and additional parking for staff. The final phase of construction is scheduled for completion by September 2018, at a cost of $25.7 million. Lamar Middle School’s final phase is designed by Sepulveda Associates Architects and is being built by Leyendecker Construction.

The LISD Board of Trustees also approved $6.4 million in improvements for LISD’s Veterans Field. The additions to Veterans Field will include a new field house and renovations to the practice field adjacent to Shirley Field at Martin High School. LISD’s Veterans Field will be upgraded with the installation of a new field with existing field grading, irrigation system, dugout improvements, security safety screening, and landscaping. The facility will have state-of-the-art amenities including new home and visitor lockers and restrooms, press box, scoreboard, bleacher configurations, sports lighting, perimeter fencing, main plaza entrance, concessions stands, and ticket booths. The project is designed by Frank Architects and will be built by Leyendecker Construction. Construction is expected to be completed by August 2019.

In addition to Lamar Middle School and Veterans Field, the board also voted to completely renovate the existing Dr. Cecilia May Moreno Aquatic Center support facility for an estimated total cost of $856.000. Demolition of the existing swimming pool offices and locker rooms and the construction of the new building are underway. This facility will include ADA accessible boys and girl’s restrooms, locker/dressing areas, and office space. Once they are completed, the pool will better serve the needs of LISD’s future swimming teams. The renovation to the Aquatic Center is scheduled for completion in October 2018. The project is being designed by Frank Architects and will be built by Leyendecker Construction.